Culver Military Academy

Washington picked up its seventh state championship as it routed Culver Military Academy, 61-46, in Saturday night's Class 3-A title game. Mr. Basketball frontrunner Cody Zeller led the way for the defending champs with 20 points and 18 rebounds. He also won the Mental Attitude Award. Jermaine Myers had 17 points to lead CMA, which finished the season 20-6. State champion Washington is located southwest of Indianapolis.

State tourney The 2006 Indiana State Weightlifting Championship will be held Saturday, Oct. 7 at Culver Military Academy. The tourney is open to all high school students, and the entry fee is $20. Contact Russ Schenk (574) 842-8388 or at schenkr@culver.org

The 2006 Indiana State Weightlifting Championship will be held Saturday, Oct. 7 at Culver Military Academy. The tourney is open to all high school students, and the entry fee is $20. Contact Russ Schenk (574) 842-8388 or at schenkr@culver.org.

MISHAWAKA -- Neven Fingerhut of Culver Military Academy led the Indiana West football team to a 27-26 win Saturday over Indiana East in Sports Fest action. Fingerhut, who lives in North Judson, rushed for 82 yards on 21 carries and scored the winning touchdown with 10:36 to play and earned the game's Most Valuable Player honors.

Players from the Culver Military Academy lacrosse team will host a special one-day instructional camp on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. The camp is open to children 5-14 years old. Interested parents should e-mail Thomas Ott (ottt@culver.org) with the name and age of their child, and if applicable, the number of years of lacrosse experience the player has. Registration will be in the McMillen Athletic Center.

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Culver Military Academy will bead to the Class 3-A state championship game next Saturday after taking the northern semistate contest, 51-49, over Columbia City Saturday at Huntington North High School. The Eagles (19-6) will face No. 1 Washington (23-4) at 6 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis next Saturday. Washington beat Batesville, 66-48, in the southern semistate contest. The Eagles got 15 points each from Jermaine Myers and Juwan Brescasin in the victory.

Chier Ajou, of Culver Military Academy, Triton’s Griffyn Carpenter and Karl Columbus, of Riley, will participate in the Top 60 Workout. The top 60 senior boys basketball performers for the 2010-2011 season, as selected by Hoosier Basketball Magazine, are invited to play each year in the Top 60 Workout — to be hosted, April 3, by Hoosier Basketball Magazine in conjunction with the IHSAA and the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Westview’s Justin Jantzi, Warsaw’s Nic Moore and Wawasee’s Riley Stichter were also named to the top 60 list, but are unable to participate in the event — which will be held on the campus of Marian University in Indianapolis.

Elkhart Christian Academy rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, then pushed across the game-winner in the eighth for a 6-5 win over Fort Wayne Canterbury in the title game of the Class 1-A Hamilton (Ind.) Sectional Monday. Elkhart Christian trailed, 5-1, before starting the bottom of the seventh with five straight hits. Tyler VanArsdale later stole third and scored on a defensive interference call to tie the game at 5-5. In the eighth, Caleb Stayton singled with two outs, went to second on a passed ball, got to third on an infield single by Kenny Bearss then scored the winning run on a wild pitch.

Chier Ajou, of Culver Military Academy, Triton’s Griffyn Carpenter and Karl Columbus, of Riley, will participate in the Top 60 Workout. The top 60 senior boys basketball performers for the 2010-2011 season, as selected by Hoosier Basketball Magazine, are invited to play each year in the Top 60 Workout — to be hosted, April 3, by Hoosier Basketball Magazine in conjunction with the IHSAA and the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Westview’s Justin Jantzi, Warsaw’s Nic Moore and Wawasee’s Riley Stichter were also named to the top 60 list, but are unable to participate in the event — which will be held on the campus of Marian University in Indianapolis.

Washington picked up its seventh state championship as it routed Culver Military Academy, 61-46, in Saturday night's Class 3-A title game. Mr. Basketball frontrunner Cody Zeller led the way for the defending champs with 20 points and 18 rebounds. He also won the Mental Attitude Award. Jermaine Myers had 17 points to lead CMA, which finished the season 20-6. State champion Washington is located southwest of Indianapolis.

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Culver Military Academy will bead to the Class 3-A state championship game next Saturday after taking the northern semistate contest, 51-49, over Columbia City Saturday at Huntington North High School. The Eagles (19-6) will face No. 1 Washington (23-4) at 6 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis next Saturday. Washington beat Batesville, 66-48, in the southern semistate contest. The Eagles got 15 points each from Jermaine Myers and Juwan Brescasin in the victory.

MERRILLVILLE -- Andrean's Mike Skinner returned Friday's opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, and things never got better for Culver Military Academy as the 59ers blew out the Eagles, 48-7 in the Class 3-A Sectional 17 championship game. Andrean will face Jimtown in the regional. Richard Schmidt threw four touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the 59ers and Demetri Blanco caught seven passes for 108 yards against a CMA defense that allowed 227 yards through the air. Josh Wright scored on a TD run for the Eagles (9-3)

CULVER -- "If you don't try, you've already failed," said Nikki Stone to more than 1,000 students, teachers and staff at Culver Academies. Stone is America's first Olympic gold medal winner in inverted aerial skiing. What made her performance at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano even more inspiring is that 18 months earlier, a spinal injury left her unable to stand and 10 doctors said she would never ski again. However, she skied into a 12-foot snow jump at 40 mph, flipped a triple somersault at the height of five stories and executed a perfect landing to take the gold.

Players from the Culver Military Academy lacrosse team will host a special one-day instructional camp on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. The camp is open to children 5-14 years old. Interested parents should e-mail Thomas Ott (ottt@culver.org) with the name and age of their child, and if applicable, the number of years of lacrosse experience the player has. Registration will be in the McMillen Athletic Center.